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A/N: Someone once told me that instead of making a story a song fic I could just tell you a song to use as a theme for the chapter and then you all could maybe DL it for something to help while reading it. Anyway, I thought I'd give it a try, so for this chapter I'm suggesting the song to place it to is Benny Cassette's 'Watch your back'. Anyway, hopefully that was helpful. Don't forget to R/R!
~Luxx
Chapter 5: Voltron
Getting down to the villagers wasn't the hard part… getting Princess Allura away from them however was another story. Princess Allura made sure to visit every home and every one of her subjects, which would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that her 5 chaperones had been hugged and kissed countless times as well and now all bore smidges of lipstick and sweat of others hanging to their clothes… Pidge, however, got the worst of the torture though; fore out of all the women in the village, not one had missed the opportunity to pinch his cheeks red.
"Ack!" Pidge cried out as a large woman squeezed his skin.
"Come on Pidge," Lance smirked a few feet away, "Be a man about it." He added as a beautiful girl flung herself into his embrace. "See?" He couldn't resist adding. Pidge would have said something quick and witty at this point, if not for the fact that a whole trio of old woman had located his cheeks. Pidge decided to run and hide instead.
At some point in the welcome, Allura had met up with a few of her personal guards, a wise family advisor, and even her old Nanny. The advisor's name was Coran, and after the Princess had been taken he had taken over her duties and held the people together as best he could. The nanny was… well she was Nanny. The large woman held Allura so long that Keith actually worried she might crush her. Now that Coran and Nanny had joined their party it left Keith a little calmer… but not really enough to make too large a difference. Keith never left Princess Allura's side since they had landed. The fact that Keith was a very cautious person as it was, and now that he had to worry about Zarkon and his crazy generals coming after his crew as well as a kidnapped Princess… well that just turned him into one immensely annoying party pooper. "Princess Allura, I really think we should get you inside that castle, an attack could strike any moment." He pleaded again for the 100th time. Princess Allura simply gave him a stern look and moved on with Nanny and Coran following suit, and a defeated Keith dragging in tow.
A whipping sound could be heard escaping Sven's mouth, followed by a sea of his 3 giggling shipmates. Sven turned his eyes to the 50 homes still waiting ahead before pleading to Lance. "So… vou tink Kiet vould votice if ve vere to…eh… step vout?" He innocently suggested.
Lance's face was overtaken by a huge grin, "Now your thinkin' Sven!" He announced with a slap to Sven's back. Waiting a few moments for Keith, Coran, Nanny, the Princess, Hunk, and Pidge to casually take the lead; the two Lieutenants wasted no time escaping towards the massive castle. "Wow…" Lance marveled at the castle.
"How she vever survived vall vis devastation I'll vever understand." Sven put in, referring to the castle. The huge castle was sealed in white marble and surrounded by a dry moat… well; actually, it looked to be surrounded by more of a deep and jagged ravine now. The building reached up as tall as the highest trees and, strangely, bore no weapons, at least none that were visible. Sven reached down and began inspecting the drawbridge mechanism while Lance occupied himself by finding some planks for starting across.
"Hey Sven!" Lance called over as he set the plank down as a makeshift bridge to the castle, "That thing probably needs a code or something, might as well just get in with this." He informed as he started across the shaky plank.
Sven sighed and rose to follow his friend's lead when a load mechanical roar quickly filled his ears. Then it hit him. "Lance!" Sven screamed, "Vatch your back!" At that moment a dozen laser beams poured from the blue and down onto the village. Screams filled the air as a hundred fighters buzzed through the sky, lead by one immense red warship… which currently felt like playing target practice with Lance.
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"Hey Keith!" Hunk cried as people rushed in every direction for cover, "We need to get out of the open." A laser zinged into the building behind Hunk. "And we need to do it now!" He bellowed as he hoisted Pidge by the back of his shirt and made for the nearest house.
"We need to get the Princess to safety!" Coran cried as he and Nanny tried to shield Allura from the mayhem.
"Right!" Keith agreed as Hunk and Pidge joined them. "Coran, you get the Princess and Nanny out of here and we'll cover…" Pidge cut Keith off.
"Sven and Lance! Dammit!" The small man cursed. "There gone, we cant leave them without any cover!" He screamed over the cries and explosions surrounding them.
Everyone turned to the Captain and Keith knew he needed to make a decision and he needed to make it now. "Alright! Coran, take the Princess and Nanny to safety," He ordered and then quickly handed a blaster to the Princess, " And don't hesitate to use that." He added with a torn look.
An outraged look overtook Nanny and Coran as they both simultaneously started screaming objections to leaving the Princess with such little protection. "Look!" Keith finally intervened, "My men are out there and they need my help! I'll be damned if I'm going to just leave them out there to die!" His words silenced the two nuisances and before he knew it Princess Allura had her arms wrapped around him whispering words of courage. Keith locked eyes with her for what seemed like eternity before he turned and bolted into the battle, Hunk and Pidge charging bravely beside him, while Coran, Nanny, and the Princess ran in the opposite direction for safety.
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"Lance!" Sven cried out as he saw a beam cause the Lieutenant to lose his footing. Sven could only stare wide-eyed as Lance hung one-handed onto the wobbling plank with laser fire dancing around his body. Sven fired as best he could with his tiny weapon at the ship, but to no avail. Then he noticed other beams shooting up at the ship from behind him.
"Sven! Cover Me!" Keith ordered as he made a mad dash for Lance. Sven didn't hesitate as he watched his Captain duck and roll to miss the shots. Keith finally reached the abyss and stretched a hand out to Lance, only to be out of reach. Lance's arm stretched as far as he could manage, causing him to almost lose his frail grip. Then it happened. One true blast sent the plank into the gorge, and Lance along with it. "No!" Keith cried as he reached for his friend but grasping only air.
Lance fell for what seemed like forever, screaming out the entire time, that is until he realized he had stopped. Lance stood and glanced from Keith's shocked face to his feet, which were currently being supported by an almost translucent red platform. "Ok…This definitely wasn't here before." Lance said to himself as another blast rocked the canyon he had dropped into. Looking further into the ground he was amazed to see the source of the beam supporting him was what caused the quake. Rising out of the ground was a huge red mechanical…cat? Lance shook his head and rubbed his eyes before looking again. "Whoa…" Lance whispered as he was lowered to the height of the head. The mouth of the giant opened revealing a pilot's seat and command console. A scream from what sounded like Pidge shook Lance from his trance and he quickly hurried into the cat. Within a millisecond he knew everything and anything about the machine, almost as if it were a part of himself. Then he was airborne.
"Pidge!" Hunk called as he hurried to his little buddy's side. "You OK?" He asked worriedly, but Pidge wasn't listening. Hunk looked up to see what held Pidge's attention and almost fainted. A giant red…cat… had landed in front of the 4 fighters and was currently firing like mad at the warship.
"Lance?!" Keith called out in disbelief. The giant head tuned and looked at Keith and then turned a mighty roar towards the canyon. As if from nowhere, four more giants rose from the Abyss. Keith wasted no time and made for the black lion, Sven charged to the blue, Hunk the yellow, and Pidge to the green. Within moments the five cats were airborne and making quick work of their attackers.
On the ground below, the Princess was shocked to hear her people's screams of terror transform into cheers. "Oh my god…" She whispered as she saw the battle. "It's Voltron!" She finished and quickly joined Nanny and Coran in celebration.
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Inside the blood red warship, Zarkon's General Mantra sat in the control room shouting in fury. "No!!" He screamed as he fired his arm at a random soldier, turning the poor soul into dust. "It cant be! Voltron is just a legend!" He screamed as he smashed his fists down onto a console.
"Sir." A soldier called from his spot by a large screen. "Our numbers have dropped to only 4 and our shields have diminished to only 13%. One more hit will destroy us." The blue pointy-eared soldier finished.
General Mantra fired at the soldier with out hesitation and turned his attention to Voltron. He noticed the Black Lion led all attacks, the blue and red lions worked simultaneously together as wingmen, and the yellow and green lions were also teamed. "Retreat!" He suddenly ordered as he stared at the display with disgust. "I will return Volron, and when I do I will be prepared to destroy you…" He growled.
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"We've got them on the run!" Pidge whooped as he watched the ships blast away from the castle.
"Good job team!" Keith spoke into his intercom. "Now lets land and find the Princess." He added. Sven's whipping sound echoed through the intercom as they landed with a snicker.
No sooner had the 5 men grouped themselves in front of the lions then a crowd of people rushed upon them. The Princess hurried to the front of the crowd while Nanny and Coran tripped and struggled behind her to follow. "Voltron…" was all the Princess could manage to say.
A/N: Someone once told me that instead of making a story a song fic I could just tell you a song to use as a theme for the chapter and then you all could maybe DL it for something to help while reading it. Anyway, I thought I'd give it a try, so for this chapter I'm suggesting the song to place it to is Benny Cassette's 'Watch your back'. Anyway, hopefully that was helpful. Don't forget to R/R!
~Luxx
Chapter 5: Voltron
Getting down to the villagers wasn't the hard part… getting Princess Allura away from them however was another story. Princess Allura made sure to visit every home and every one of her subjects, which would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that her 5 chaperones had been hugged and kissed countless times as well and now all bore smidges of lipstick and sweat of others hanging to their clothes… Pidge, however, got the worst of the torture though; fore out of all the women in the village, not one had missed the opportunity to pinch his cheeks red.
"Ack!" Pidge cried out as a large woman squeezed his skin.
"Come on Pidge," Lance smirked a few feet away, "Be a man about it." He added as a beautiful girl flung herself into his embrace. "See?" He couldn't resist adding. Pidge would have said something quick and witty at this point, if not for the fact that a whole trio of old woman had located his cheeks. Pidge decided to run and hide instead.
At some point in the welcome, Allura had met up with a few of her personal guards, a wise family advisor, and even her old Nanny. The advisor's name was Coran, and after the Princess had been taken he had taken over her duties and held the people together as best he could. The nanny was… well she was Nanny. The large woman held Allura so long that Keith actually worried she might crush her. Now that Coran and Nanny had joined their party it left Keith a little calmer… but not really enough to make too large a difference. Keith never left Princess Allura's side since they had landed. The fact that Keith was a very cautious person as it was, and now that he had to worry about Zarkon and his crazy generals coming after his crew as well as a kidnapped Princess… well that just turned him into one immensely annoying party pooper. "Princess Allura, I really think we should get you inside that castle, an attack could strike any moment." He pleaded again for the 100th time. Princess Allura simply gave him a stern look and moved on with Nanny and Coran following suit, and a defeated Keith dragging in tow.
A whipping sound could be heard escaping Sven's mouth, followed by a sea of his 3 giggling shipmates. Sven turned his eyes to the 50 homes still waiting ahead before pleading to Lance. "So… vou tink Kiet vould votice if ve vere to…eh… step vout?" He innocently suggested.
Lance's face was overtaken by a huge grin, "Now your thinkin' Sven!" He announced with a slap to Sven's back. Waiting a few moments for Keith, Coran, Nanny, the Princess, Hunk, and Pidge to casually take the lead; the two Lieutenants wasted no time escaping towards the massive castle. "Wow…" Lance marveled at the castle.
"How she vever survived vall vis devastation I'll vever understand." Sven put in, referring to the castle. The huge castle was sealed in white marble and surrounded by a dry moat… well; actually, it looked to be surrounded by more of a deep and jagged ravine now. The building reached up as tall as the highest trees and, strangely, bore no weapons, at least none that were visible. Sven reached down and began inspecting the drawbridge mechanism while Lance occupied himself by finding some planks for starting across.
"Hey Sven!" Lance called over as he set the plank down as a makeshift bridge to the castle, "That thing probably needs a code or something, might as well just get in with this." He informed as he started across the shaky plank.
Sven sighed and rose to follow his friend's lead when a load mechanical roar quickly filled his ears. Then it hit him. "Lance!" Sven screamed, "Vatch your back!" At that moment a dozen laser beams poured from the blue and down onto the village. Screams filled the air as a hundred fighters buzzed through the sky, lead by one immense red warship… which currently felt like playing target practice with Lance.
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"Hey Keith!" Hunk cried as people rushed in every direction for cover, "We need to get out of the open." A laser zinged into the building behind Hunk. "And we need to do it now!" He bellowed as he hoisted Pidge by the back of his shirt and made for the nearest house.
"We need to get the Princess to safety!" Coran cried as he and Nanny tried to shield Allura from the mayhem.
"Right!" Keith agreed as Hunk and Pidge joined them. "Coran, you get the Princess and Nanny out of here and we'll cover…" Pidge cut Keith off.
"Sven and Lance! Dammit!" The small man cursed. "There gone, we cant leave them without any cover!" He screamed over the cries and explosions surrounding them.
Everyone turned to the Captain and Keith knew he needed to make a decision and he needed to make it now. "Alright! Coran, take the Princess and Nanny to safety," He ordered and then quickly handed a blaster to the Princess, " And don't hesitate to use that." He added with a torn look.
An outraged look overtook Nanny and Coran as they both simultaneously started screaming objections to leaving the Princess with such little protection. "Look!" Keith finally intervened, "My men are out there and they need my help! I'll be damned if I'm going to just leave them out there to die!" His words silenced the two nuisances and before he knew it Princess Allura had her arms wrapped around him whispering words of courage. Keith locked eyes with her for what seemed like eternity before he turned and bolted into the battle, Hunk and Pidge charging bravely beside him, while Coran, Nanny, and the Princess ran in the opposite direction for safety.
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"Lance!" Sven cried out as he saw a beam cause the Lieutenant to lose his footing. Sven could only stare wide-eyed as Lance hung one-handed onto the wobbling plank with laser fire dancing around his body. Sven fired as best he could with his tiny weapon at the ship, but to no avail. Then he noticed other beams shooting up at the ship from behind him.
"Sven! Cover Me!" Keith ordered as he made a mad dash for Lance. Sven didn't hesitate as he watched his Captain duck and roll to miss the shots. Keith finally reached the abyss and stretched a hand out to Lance, only to be out of reach. Lance's arm stretched as far as he could manage, causing him to almost lose his frail grip. Then it happened. One true blast sent the plank into the gorge, and Lance along with it. "No!" Keith cried as he reached for his friend but grasping only air.
Lance fell for what seemed like forever, screaming out the entire time, that is until he realized he had stopped. Lance stood and glanced from Keith's shocked face to his feet, which were currently being supported by an almost translucent red platform. "Ok…This definitely wasn't here before." Lance said to himself as another blast rocked the canyon he had dropped into. Looking further into the ground he was amazed to see the source of the beam supporting him was what caused the quake. Rising out of the ground was a huge red mechanical…cat? Lance shook his head and rubbed his eyes before looking again. "Whoa…" Lance whispered as he was lowered to the height of the head. The mouth of the giant opened revealing a pilot's seat and command console. A scream from what sounded like Pidge shook Lance from his trance and he quickly hurried into the cat. Within a millisecond he knew everything and anything about the machine, almost as if it were a part of himself. Then he was airborne.
"Pidge!" Hunk called as he hurried to his little buddy's side. "You OK?" He asked worriedly, but Pidge wasn't listening. Hunk looked up to see what held Pidge's attention and almost fainted. A giant red…cat… had landed in front of the 4 fighters and was currently firing like mad at the warship.
"Lance?!" Keith called out in disbelief. The giant head tuned and looked at Keith and then turned a mighty roar towards the canyon. As if from nowhere, four more giants rose from the Abyss. Keith wasted no time and made for the black lion, Sven charged to the blue, Hunk the yellow, and Pidge to the green. Within moments the five cats were airborne and making quick work of their attackers.
On the ground below, the Princess was shocked to hear her people's screams of terror transform into cheers. "Oh my god…" She whispered as she saw the battle. "It's Voltron!" She finished and quickly joined Nanny and Coran in celebration.
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Inside the blood red warship, Zarkon's General Mantra sat in the control room shouting in fury. "No!!" He screamed as he fired his arm at a random soldier, turning the poor soul into dust. "It cant be! Voltron is just a legend!" He screamed as he smashed his fists down onto a console.
"Sir." A soldier called from his spot by a large screen. "Our numbers have dropped to only 4 and our shields have diminished to only 13%. One more hit will destroy us." The blue pointy-eared soldier finished.
General Mantra fired at the soldier with out hesitation and turned his attention to Voltron. He noticed the Black Lion led all attacks, the blue and red lions worked simultaneously together as wingmen, and the yellow and green lions were also teamed. "Retreat!" He suddenly ordered as he stared at the display with disgust. "I will return Volron, and when I do I will be prepared to destroy you…" He growled.
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"We've got them on the run!" Pidge whooped as he watched the ships blast away from the castle.
"Good job team!" Keith spoke into his intercom. "Now lets land and find the Princess." He added. Sven's whipping sound echoed through the intercom as they landed with a snicker.
No sooner had the 5 men grouped themselves in front of the lions then a crowd of people rushed upon them. The Princess hurried to the front of the crowd while Nanny and Coran tripped and struggled behind her to follow. "Voltron…" was all the Princess could manage to say.